The Fudge Fairy

• Children are our future, and therefore our first priority. Their needs guide decisions made, goals set, and program direction. The overriding principle is "What is in the best interest of the child?"
• Children deserve nurturing relationships free from chaos, abuse and neglect.
• A child without limits or direction is a neglected child. A child must be taught accountability and ownership of behavior, emotions, and life choices.
• Children change through the context of relationships. Our aim is to surround children with the most dynamic, involved, committed, caring, and quality adults who provide the arena of relationships as an avenue for change. Our staff is provided with the tools, experiences, and expectations to profoundly and deeply effect the lives of children they are around.
• Children are provided real life experiences and tools so they can reinvent their futures and sustain and achieve their own hopes and dreams.
• New Horizons continually strives to build and maintain a culture of honesty, integrity, and caring - a culture that values others and holds healthy relationships as the most treasured gift.

1. Children are our first priority. Their needs guide decisions made, goals set, and direction of programs. The overriding principal is "What is in the best interest of the child?"
2. Children will be placed in homes, families, communities, and school districts that are assessed to have the resources and support adequate to provide an opportunity for success:
   1. Facilities where children reside should be attractive, comfortable, clean, and of such condition that children feel good about their home environment.
   2. Foster families are expected to put the interest of the child first, before financial or other considerations.
   3. Contributing to a community is viewed as an essential step in the development of healthy children and families. As such, the expressed needs and desires of the community and school district will be strongly considered.
3. Every reasonable effort will be employed to ensure that foster parents, staff members and other adults who have direct contact with children are of sound moral character and understand the importance of role modeling.
4. When the needs of a child are assessed to require a more intensive level or a change in level of treatment, their needs, not finances, will be the basis for placement. This may require private funding to support such measures.
5. The original family of the child is viewed as a resource for continued relationship when in the best interest of the child.

Students range in age from birth to 18

Admissions information: Sheila Summers · (325) 643-2264 · Fax (325) 646-9013

Area Served: Nationwide

Description of Program: Students live in licensed therapeutic foster homes with trained foster parents or staff. Treatment and counseling is directed by a team of child-care professionals, consisting of Licensed Therapists, Licensed Social Workers, a Psychiatrist, a Psychologist, school liaison staff, and foster parents. A variety of clinical services are provided to the children, based on their individual needs including; individual therapy, group therapy, family therapy, special education services, and psychiatric and psychological consultation. Foster parents and staff employ a social based treatment model designed to teach accountability; social skills; ownership of one's behavior, emotions, and life choices; and preparation for independent living. Funding provided through insurance, private pay, donations, and TDPRS.

To learn more, here is a link to last year's auction http://www.pleasurehorse.com/auction/2008.cfm